Academic excellence in laboratory medicine and pathology

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont and The University of Vermont Medical Center is committed to excellence in teaching, research, service and the practice of clinical and anatomic pathology. We integrate academic medicine into patient care and the education of future health care providers and medical researchers.

Education

Our focus is on educational excellence for under-graduate, medical, graduate and post-graduate students. As a major educational resource to the health care professionals in the region and nation, our educational efforts focus on the development of critical thinkers with strong problem solving skills.

Research

We excel in clinical and basic disease-related research. We align clinical research with the goals of the clinical enterprise and actively engage our clinical faculty. Basic research is focused in three areas: redox biology and pathology, cardiovascular disease, and histology research support. We actively engage residents and medical students.

Patient Care

We are a regional resource for laboratory diagnosis and treatment of human disease through our teaching and clinical partner The University of Vermont Medical Center. We provide complete, state-of-the-art diagnostic, consultative and therapeutic services, and work with providers to establish cost-effective high quality programs.

Pathology Highlights

Professor Emeritus Dr. Nicholas Heintz
has been awarded the 2016 UVM President's Distinguished Citizenship and
Service Award, which recognizes members of the University of Vermont
faculty who have
established a consistent and over time outstanding record of service to
the University community.
The award is designed to acknowledge exceptional service by an
individual who is recognized as a true university citizen for
contributions to institutional building at the University. (Sept. 2016)

Dr.Yvonne Janssen-Heininger featured on Obesity and Lung Disease Podcast; from a series of articles for which Yvonne acted as the editor to highlight the importance of obesity and lung disease. A number of her colleagues within the VLC contributed to this series, including Jason Bates, Anne Dixon and Ben Suratt. (June 2016) Listen...

Our department's own Doug Taatjes, Ph.D., has been appointed Editor in Chief for the Americas for the journal Histochemistry and Cell Biology.(Jan. 2016)